Mumbai: One year earlier.
Posted on 11/26/2009 1:15:38 AM PST by myknowledge
On the anniversary of the Mumbai attacks we trace how the siege of the Indian city unfolded.
Planning:
The attacks were planned up to a year in advance. A number of terrorists were trained by the group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan from which ten were chosen. The attacks were financed through Italian bank accounts and the group used internet telephones based in New Jersey and Austria.
Reconnaissance:
Sabahuddin Ahmed and Fahim Ansari were arrested in Rampur, India, in February 2008 carrying hand-drawn maps of targets in Mumbai, including the Taj hotel and Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station. Similar maps were later recovered from the attackers in Mumbai.
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Mumbai: One year earlier.
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